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Reds’ Influence Spreading

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 27 —East Africans are concerned about what they consider to be a sharp increase of Communist influence in the affairs of Zan­zibar.

The Chinese Communist, So­

Lists of property to be con­fiscated are expected to be pub­lished this weekend. \

Thousands of Asians and light‐skinned Arabs in Zanzibar are said to be persecuted by the dark‐skinned revolution­aries. More than 2,000 men, women and children are in de­tention camps, where they are being fed mainly by the Brit ish Red Cross.

Although normal courts are functioning, the Revolutionary Council is holding its own courts to try people it considers to be enemies of the state. These courts are imposing ex­tremely heavy sentences, often accompanied by corporal punishment.